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Texas A&M University-Kingsville Samuel Glasstone Award Submission Officers: Position Outgoing (2016-2017) Incoming (2017-2018) President Abdullah Weiss Luis Ramirez Vice-President Nicolas Pizana Lucas Olivares Secretary Juan Alberto Garza Moiz Butt Treasurer Diego Leon Rolando Morin Webmaster Diego Adame Clay Blackwell Fundraising & Development Chair Virginia Puentes Rohan Joseph Historian & Outreach Chair Michael Coble Juan Alvarez Travel Committee Chair Felicia Avila Jacob Cann Date of Completion: April 30th, 2017 Faculty Advisor Dr. Xue Yang [email protected] (361) 593-3486 Outgoing President Abdullah Weiss [email protected] (817) 575-9076 Incoming President Luis Ramirez [email protected] (361) 222-1952 Table of Contents Background ................................................................................................................................................. 3 Officer Positions and Description ............................................................................................................. 4 Nuclear-related academic programs we helped develop ......................................................................... 5 Academic Programs in the College of Engineering .................................................................................. 6 Academic Programs in the College of Arts & Sciences ........................................................................... 7 Contacts for Academic Programs ............................................................................................................. 8 Finances ....................................................................................................................................................... 9 Community Service ................................................................................................................................... 10 Beach Cleanup ........................................................................................................................................ 11 La Posada Parade Float Build ................................................................................................................. 12 Outreach .................................................................................................................................................... 13 Engineering Fall Picnic/Nuclear Science Roundtables ........................................................................... 14 #CodeRGV Invited Talk/Texas Nuclear Engineering Student Delegation ............................................. 15 Socials & Recreational Activities ............................................................................................................. 18 Scavenger Hunt/College Station Social .................................................................................................. 19 Friendsgiving/Christmas Decorations ..................................................................................................... 20 Post-Midterms Social .............................................................................................................................. 21 Engineering Student Council Banquet .................................................................................................... 22 Post-Banquet Social ................................................................................................................................ 25 Section-hosted projects ............................................................................................................................. 26 Cold Fusion Investigation ....................................................................................................................... 27 Nuclear Fusor .......................................................................................................................................... 28 Trips ........................................................................................................................................................... 29 College Station Nuclear Engineering Department & Reactor Tours ...................................................... 30 STP Power Plant Tour ............................................................................................................................ 31 2017 ANS Student Conference ............................................................................................................... 32 Honorary Guests ....................................................................................................................................... 36 News Mentions .......................................................................................................................................... 40 Looking Forward ...................................................................................................................................... 41 Appendix .................................................................................................................................................... 42 Flyers & Postings ................................................................................................................................... 42 Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................................... 47 2 | P a g e Background Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) is a small University located in the South Texas city of Kingsville. With approximately 8,300 students, about a quarter being enrolled in engineering programs, nuclear science has a presence in the university; and while that presence is not very prominent currently, it is gaining recognition and relevance slowly with the assistance of our efforts at the American Nuclear Society-TAMUK. The American Nuclear Society (ANS) at Texas A&M University-Kingsville was initiated as a student organization on-campus on September 30th, 2015, and was approved by the office of student activities on October 26th, 2015. Ever since then, ANS-TAMUK has been one of the most active (if not the most active) student organization on campus. Our purpose is to advocate nuclear science studies in all departments of the university, while helping promote and expand the Nuclear Engineering program at TAMUK. Within the past few months that we came to existence, we have managed to achieve a wide variety of accomplishments including: initiating and pushing research studies, presenting, and publishing them at several ANS national conferences, hosting a seminar about nuclear reactor design, increasing awareness of nuclear energy on and off-campus, promoting the nuclear industry and the nuclear engineering program by participating in several University events such as the Bigger Event and the Fall Carnival, and assisting in the professional and scholastic development of undergraduate engineering students. In the 2016-2017 year, under the guidance of Dr. Xue Yang, our section pushed several presentations and publications from TAMUK in ANS meetings, leading to a total of 12 presentations, and 7 student publications. We participated in several community service events from beach cleanups to helping build the college of engineering float for the La Posada Parade for the second year in a row. We held several fundraisers from selling bake sales to caffeine sales. We toured several facilities including the Texas A&M University, NSC reactor in College Station, and the South Texas Project (STP) nuclear power plant in Bay City. Moreover, our student section gained national recognition as we won the ANS Student Member-Get-A-Member campaign, becoming the top student section with the highest percentage of new recruits, and Abdullah Weiss, the section president, as top individual recruiter across ANS national. Our student section is the only presence of the American Nuclear Society in the South Texas/Coastal Bend area. Our University is the only university in the region to offer a nuclear engineering program, and one of the few in the nation. 3 | P a g e ANS-TAMUK Organizational Structure 1. The President will reside as the leader and face of the section as he works closely with all officers. 2. The Vice President will cooperate with the President on all things; will connect with other student organizations, and will serve as project manager on all academic and competitive activities (projects, competitions, etc…). 3. The Treasurer will manage all the aspects of money, make budget sheets, and work on fundraisers with the Fundraising Chair. 4. The Secretary will organize all the matters within the section and ensure total coordination through agendas, “minutes” reports, and other records. 5. The Webmaster will work cooperatively with the Historian to build the image of the section on social media and in events, and will serve as a liaison between members and between officers, and both via email and social media. 6. The Historian and Outreach Chair will assist the Webmaster with social media and outreach, and will ensure the absolute best image of the section at all times. Will also be responsible of scheduling socials and community service events, and will make a poster (and slideshow if instructed) from pictures of the section taken at events. 7. The Fundraising and Development Chair will be responsible of scheduling, planning, and running fundraising events. Will also be responsible of writing proposals for money from all sources of potential funding. 8. Travel Committee will cooperate with
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